THE HILL: Ron Paul to highlight pet themes with bullion hearing. “Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) continues to hit on his favorite ideas as chair of a subcommittee overseeing domestic monetary policy, devoting his next hearing to the bullion program at the U.S. Mint. The House Financial Services Committee announced its April hearing schedule Friday, and it included an April 7 hearing by Paul’s subcommittee devoted to the Mint’s program of creating coins out of precious metals.”